The Reason God Made Caller ID

I hate to hear the phone ring;

Too often it's the same thing —

It's you again, and I don't want to hear it.

I wait to hear the caller's voice,

And this gives me an easy choice:

I let you leave a message, then I clear it.

I think it's time I changed my way

Even though I'll have to pay

A monthly charge of ten or eleven dollars.

I'll be able, then, to see

The number and identity

Of every single one of my phone-callers.

Please get the message and just let me be.

You're the reason God made Caller ID.

Dear friends and family, this is NOT directed at you. Callers — strangers — asking for my time or money, intruding into my home, and thinking that if one call doesn't get results, more will....can go to hell.

We used to answer our phone whenever it rang, confident that the person on the other end was somebody we'd be happy to chat with. Those days are gone now, and to me it's another erosion of our civil right to not be harassed at home.

I've had to add a monthly expense.

Caller ID has become self-defense.

At least my blood pressure is down to 110 over 60. My doctor said people would pay for that BP. I told her I am. Ten or eleven dollars a month.